EDIT: in this show, Nikki says “Bose” instead of “B&O” when referring to the Ford F150 Lightning Flash sound system.
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Welcome to today’s show!
This week, we have a massive roundup from the third quarter as automakers report their EV sales and production, Volvo sticks to its promise to make the EX30 at a low starting price, and an EV that Klingon’s shouldn’t drive.
These stories, and many more on today’s show!
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Chapter Marks:
00:00 – Start
00:31 – Welcome!
00:38 September and Q3 sales and production estimates roll in from Rivian, Tesla, Ford, Gm, Hyundai, Volvo, BMW, Audi, Volkswagen and NIO
01:04 – Figures for Rivian
01:31 – Figures for Tesla
02:03 – GM EV Sales (US)
02:39 – Ford EV Sales (US)
03:09 – Hyundai EV Sales (US)
03:35 – Volvo Global EV Sales
04:00 – BMW Quarterly Sales (US)
04:25 – Audio Sales (US)
04:49 – Volkswagen Q3 U.S. Sales
05:18 – Nio Global EV sales
05:50 – Volvo keeps to its promise to make EX30 start from just over $35,000 in the U.S.
06:39 – Ford introduces the F150 Lightning Flash
07:36 – Jay Leno Drives the Tesla Semi – and we learn some interesting facts as a consequence
08:24 – Lordstown Motors assets sold to a company whose majority shareholder is Lordstown’s former CEO.
09:20 – Zero Motorcycles announce price cuts for all 2022 and 2023 model motorcycles in the U.S.
10:09 – Sponsored Segment: UGears
11:40 – Formula E sets record fanbase for its last season, puts it higher than NASCAR in fan numbers
12:00 – Toyota signs a partnership agreement with LG Energy Solutions
12:16 – Nissan sales plummet in China
12:34 – New study says that the U.S. needs 100x the number of EVs it currently has to meet net zero goals by 2050
12:55 – Toyota, Suzuki working together on BZ Compact Hatch
13:11 – Genesis GV60 gets new, lower-priced, longer-legged model for 2024 model year
13:28 – Joby Aviation celebrates completing multiple test flights with four different pilots
13:46 – Volkswagen hires new head for its software development who previously worked at Tesla, Rivian and Google
14:03 – Honda unveils an electric version of its popular N-van in Japan with V2H capabilities
14:21 – EVgo switches to kWh pricing where legally allowed in the U.S.
14:37 – Tesla pushes an OTA that makes blinkers flash more quickly post-collision
14:55 – Flanders, Belgium now allows people to take a moped test on high-power electric bicycles
15:12 – Rivian begins delivering Max-Pack equipped vehicles
15:31 – Munro Electric unveils its Series-M, opens a new crowdfunding campaign
15:48 – Lightyear abandons its EV plans
16:07 – OneWheel recalls all of its self-balancing skateboards
16:26 – VBolkswagen picks its Wolfsburg production facility as home to the upcoming e-Golf
16:43 – Kawasaki launches its electric models in the U.S., order books now open
17:01 – OLA rumored to be preparing for an IPO via reverse-merger by the end of this year
18:35 – Rivian stock falls after company says it’s about to issue significant quantities of Senior COnvertible notes
18:54 – Lucid officially starts sales of its Lucid AIr Pure, its cheapest model to date
19:10 – Kia says U.S. order books for the EV9 will open on October 16th
19:26 – Factorial Energy ships engineering samples to automakers
19:42 – Cruise robotaxi involved in an accident in San Francisco after another car hit a pedestrian that became trapped under it
20:05 – Sponsored Segment: Atmos Financial
21:38 – Tesla launches the most affordable Model Y it’s sold in the U.S. yet
22:25 – Slovak company unveils quadricycle that can be electric or internal combustion
23:24 – Thanks, and Goodbye!
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